Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>]

Chris wrote:
>MSAR trained horses. We could conceiveably lend a horse to a Medi Team
>member and take them with us into the back country on a search or to a
>remote location/victim. Haven't had the opportunity to try this out yet
>but its still a possibility!

I have escorted crime scene investigators to the location of a
body in a wilderness area, mounted on our steady eddie MSAR
horses.  These persons were non-riders, but the horses carried
them with great care.

        Una Smith
        Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico